Matthew Burgess wrote:
If anyone wants any other features included now's the time to get those requests in. At the moment, I'm considering branching off for stabilisation in around 4 weeks time (though with that being very close to Christmas, it may slip a little). Only time will tell if that schedule's too ambitious, but at least it gives us something to aim for.
This is kind of a brave request, and I'm fully prepared to be shot down. In fact, I think I'd be surprised if the group went for it. ;) However after thinking about this for some time, I'm going to venture a request and see what comes of it.
I've been reading and attempting to apply in my spare time Matthias Benkmann's hint, 'More Control and Package Management using Package Users'. There are *many* aspects of that hint that I find extremely helpful and useful, especially from an educational perspective. Especially I like knowing what things are being installed setuid root and why and knowing what packages are 'broken' in that they try unecessarily change ownership or permissions on files.
LFS is good as it is, however there are still many aspects of the system that the user is not shown or given explanations about. Matthias' approach broadens the field a bit.
So. I had been thinking it would be nice if LFS and BLFS adopted (some of) this approach. Again, I fully recognize that this is new ground in a way and that many people will think, "it is a hint and should stay a hint", but, IMHO, there are many techniques employed here that a default LFS user could learn from and benefit by.
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